HINDSIGHT IS 20/20
When former Rep. David Trott (R-Birmingham) first ran for Congress for Michigan’s 11th District (Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Troy,...
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS
Brenda Lawrence While none of us will know the results until after the 2020 decennial census is complete and Michigan’s Independent...
NOT SO FINE
Rudy Hobbs When searching for deputy executives for Oakland County, new executive Dave Coulter (D) said a priority was finding the best...
IN THIS CORNER
Oakland County Executive David Coulter (D), appointed in August to fill the position after the demise of the late L. Brooks Patterson,...
OOPS
Speaking of county exec Coulter, his campaign was able to skirt a campaign finance violation following a complaint that his campaign had...
NO ORDINARY JOE
Joe Kent While Republican plunges into county government campaigns have been sparse so far for 2020, Joe Kent of Lake Orion is one who...
BULLSEYE
A 2020 target for state Democrats, as well as Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) and House Minority Leader Christine Greig (D-Farmington...
WHO’S ON FIRST?
With state Rep. Robert Wittenberg (D-Huntington Woods, Ferndale, Oak Park, Hazel Park, Berkley) termed out of his 27th District seat and...
SNEAK PEEK
Although state and federal campaign finance statements for the final quarter of 2019 aren’t due until the end of January, some candidates...
GREEN IS THE COLOR
Paul Junge As with the state, federal campaign finance statements aren’t due until the end of January. Still, Congresswoman Elissa...
